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Video Games are Coming to Life and Destroying (or at Least Confusing) San Francisco

Kenny Kong is an artist who, for the past three years, has been working with Zenimax on The Elder Scrolls Online. Having since chucked that in to pursue a Masters at California College of the Arts, he’s been able to do things a little more interesting. He’s working on a series of sculptures where video-game…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2012

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Mr. Potato Head Goes to Rapture

Thank Ginger Troll for this custom Mr. Potato Head figure, swapping out his standard attire for something a little more nautical, from the underwater world of BioShock. In the spirit of recent Mr. Potato Head licensing efforts, though, he needs a stupid nickname. I’m looking at my shelf right now and seeing things like “Optimash…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2012

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Well, at Least GlaDOS Won’t Drink a Jar of Piss

We of course have a ton of inspiring video game cosplay to get through this morning in our weekly roundup. But before we begin, in case you were wondering what the redhead above was doing, well. She’s Firefox. You know. Browser cosplay Most others this week, you’ll spot straight off the bat, including a wonderful…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2012

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Fez’s Village in Minecraft is an Amazing Thing

Yup, people are still making other people’s stuff in Minecraft. Like this village, modelled after the starting point of Fez, and which thanks to the use of a custom texture pack looks terrific. While the creator admits its not pixel perfect – he built the “front” perspective first then moved on from there – it’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2012

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When Internet Memes Become Art

Nerd stronghold Gallery 1988 is currently holding quite the exhibition, showcasing a ton of works done by artists all inspired by the one thing: internet memes. The memier the better. So be warned: while there are awesome pictures to follow, there are also a lot of rainbows, cats and keyboards. The show runs until May…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2012

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The Avengers’ Wonderful Weapons are Made From LEGO

To celebrate last week’s release of The Avengers, LEGO builder Ken Robichaud has gone to town building a range of weapons and props from the film out of little plastic bricks. He’s built Thor’s hammer (and brace), Captain America’s shield, Hawkeye’s bow and a set of arrows and some of Black Widow’s equipment. Sadly, he…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2012

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Pretty Mugshots of Mass Effect’s Bad Guys

Indonesian artist Machine56 has come up with these pictures of Cerberus troops from the Mass Effect series, making them available as some rather fetching wallpaper fodder. He’s also looking to get them printed up as shirts (the “order form” in this gallery is just a mock-up), which would be great; the same artist came up…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2012

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Drug Smuggler Hides Cocaine in Xbox 360, Fails Miserably

Carlos Valenzuela was driving around Texas the other day, minding his own business, when he forgot to signal a turn at an intersection. For this oversight, he was pulled over, and probably would have got off with a warning/ticket if he hadn’t, you know, had three enormous bricks of cocaine inside his car. Two of…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2012

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What’s Yours is Mine

Mother’s Day isn’t typically a huge sales weekend for video games and the upcoming launch schedule reflects that. Minecraft‘s console release is the week’s only highlight. Tuesday Warlock: Master of the Arcane (PC) Asura’s Wrath: Lost Episode 1 – At Last, Someone Angrier Than Me (PSN, XBLA) Datura (PS3) Wednesday Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (360)…